scholarly journals So Where Do You See This Going? The Effects of Commitment Asymmetry and Asynchrony on Relationship Satisfaction and Breakup

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiersten Dobson ◽  
Brian G Ogolsky ◽  
Sarah C. E. Stanton
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Single Time ◽  
Previous Time ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Single Time Point ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Time Point

We test the contribution of multiple types of romantic partners’ commitment asymmetry (discrepancies between partners’ commitment at a single time point) and asynchrony (discrepancies in the progression of commitment over time) to later relationship satisfaction and breakup. In three dyadic studies (N = 6,960 couples) over months (Study 1), days (Study 2), and years (Study 3), commitment asymmetry and asynchrony consistently did not predict satisfaction or breakup when controlling for commitment scores of individuals and their partners. Only one’s own commitment and proportion of downturns in commitment (when participants reported lower commitment than the previous time point) consistently predicted satisfaction across all three studies. For breakup, women’s (but not men’s) commitment was consistently negatively associated with breakup and proportion of downturns was consistently positively associated with breakup. Our findings indicate that, contrary to some significant findings in prior research, commitment asymmetry and asynchrony are not indicative of future relationship outcomes.

Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Incident Diabetes: A Prospective Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel J Burns ◽  
Esther Briner ◽  
Norbert Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Incident Diabetes ◽  
Diabetes Incidence ◽  
Single Time ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Trajectory Group ◽  
Single Time Point ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Time Point

Abstract Background Elevated depressive symptoms are associated with an increased risk for diabetes. Depression is a heterogeneous and chronic condition in which symptoms may remit, emerge, lessen, or intensify over time. Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine if trajectories of depressive symptoms measured at five time points over 8 years predicted incident diabetes over an 8-year follow-up in middle-aged and older adults. A secondary aim was to determine if trajectories of depressive symptoms predict incident diabetes, above and beyond depressive symptoms measured at a single time point. Methods Data came from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 9,233). Depressive symptoms were measured biennially from 1998 to 2006. Self-reported incident diabetes was measured during an 8-year follow-up. Results Five trajectories of depressive symptoms were identified (no depressive symptoms, low depressive symptoms, low-moderate depressive symptoms, moderate depressive symptoms, elevated and increasing depressive symptoms). Compared to the no depressive symptoms trajectory group (referent), all other trajectory groups were at higher risk of developing diabetes after adjusting for covariates. In most cases, trajectory group membership was associated with incident diabetes after controlling for depressive symptoms at a single time point. Conclusions Patterns of depressive symptoms over time were associated with incident diabetes. Patterns of depressive symptoms may be more predictive of diabetes incidence than depressive symptoms measured at a single time point.

A combination of different diagnostic tools allows identification of inactive hepatitis B virus carriers at a single time point evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Maimone ◽  
Gaia Caccamo ◽  
Giovanni Squadrito ◽  
Angela Alibrandi ◽  
Francesca Saffioti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Point Evaluation ◽  
Single Time ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Single Time Point ◽  
Time Point

Comment on: “Technical note: Single time point dose estimate for exponential clearance” [Med. Phys. 45(5), 2318‐2324 (2018)]

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 2776-2779
Author(s):  
Ernesto Amato ◽  
Alfredo Campennì ◽  
Rosaria M. Ruggeri ◽  
Lucrezia Auditore ◽  
Sergio Baldari
Keyword(s):  
Technical Note ◽  
Single Time ◽  
Dose Estimate ◽  
Single Time Point ◽  
Time Point

scholarly journals Early Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Relationship Satisfaction and Attributions

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1479-1487
Author(s):  
Hannah C. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Early Experience ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Couple Relationships ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Responsibility Attributions ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Early Effects ◽  
Over Time

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected intimate relationships? The existing literature is mixed on the effect of major external stressors on couple relationships, and little is known about the early experience of crises. The current study used 654 individuals involved in a relationship who provided data immediately before the onset of the pandemic (December, 2019) and twice during the early stages of the pandemic (March and April, 2020). Results indicate that relationship satisfaction and causal attributions did not change over time, but responsibility attributions decreased on average. Changes in relationship outcomes were not moderated by demographic characteristics or negative repercussions of the pandemic. There were small moderation effects of relationship coping and conflict during the pandemic, revealing that satisfaction increased and maladaptive attributions decreased in couples with more positive functioning, and satisfaction decreased and maladaptive attributions increased in couples with lower functioning.

scholarly journals Maximizing Tendencies in Marriage: Accentuating the Implications of Readily Observable Partner Characteristics for Intimates’ Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1468-1481
Author(s):  
Juliana E. French ◽  
Andrea L. Meltzer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Partner Characteristics ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Over Time

People differ in their tendencies to labor over decisions and to make choices that maximize their outcomes—a difference known as maximization. Here, we used two independent, 3-year longitudinal studies of newlywed couples to demonstrate that this individual difference in decision making has important implications for romantic relationships. Consistent with the idea that maximizers are more likely to compare their current romantic partners to potential alternative partners’ readily observable qualities, such as their physical attractiveness and status, results demonstrated that intimates’ maximization moderated the implications of these sex-differentiated variables for marital satisfaction. Specifically, maximizing men who had attractive (vs. unattractive) wives were more satisfied at the start of their marriages. Likewise, maximizing women who had high (vs. low) status husbands experienced less steep declines in satisfaction over time. These findings demonstrate that maximization has important implications for long-term romantic relationships by accentuating the effects of readily observable partner qualities on relationship outcomes.

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